Chapter 471: Yu Lan - Are you serious? (1/2)

Staring dumbfounded at Arsene, sitting outside my room on the patio eating and sipping coffee, he turned to me smiling. ”Morning, did you dream of me? You have a little drool on your face.”

Scrunching my brow, I snorted, ”What the hell are you doing here?”

Pursing my lips, I hastily wiped away to drool while he smirked, ”Well, you see, I need your help. The Princess of the Celestrial House is about to be married, and she needs to do it here.”

”Princess? Are you talking about the Soulbender, Tain Xifeng?” I asked in intrigue, having not heard of the princess in years. Many had thought she was in hiding from the Court of Nox.

”Sure?” Arsene shrugged. ”Well, she is having a wedding and wishes to use the entire city.”

”Who is it?” I asked, having not heard anything. In fact, the only thing of late I heard of was that of the Prince getting a woman pregnant and an assassin killing her.

”A badass, that's all I can say.” He said with an arrogant smile branded upon his lips. ”Tang Feng should already know. Since his disciples were the first to find out about it, but I think a proper invitation is needed. You know what, could you invite the entire family? I think it could be a grand event. Tang Feng has something to announce to the realm.”

I took a seat at my table and glanced at the second mug steaming with a misty heat. Taking it, I stared, ”I didn't sense you enter my room. How did you get in?”

”Is my fiancee worried? Worry not, it didn't look under your bed. I was quite the gentleman. Although I didn't know you like it--”

”Speak another word, and I'll kill you!” I desperately screamed, wishing to dig a hole to hide my burning face, sending a glance to the object under my bed. Damn him! Why the hell didn't I put it into my spiral ring?

Grinning ear to ear, Arsene chuckled, ”how cute. I swear you will make a wonderful wife one day.”

Touching my heart, I gently shook my head with a bitter smile, ”He was my soul mate. One cannot just find them again. Once they are gone, they are gone.”

”Then why even live?” He suddenly questioned, not mincing any words.

”It was for my child,” I had wished to say but couldn't. How could I when she was the one who killed him?

Peering at me, the Devil before my eyes chuckled as if hearing the echoes of my heart. ”So what will you do about Yu Jing? Will you really kill your daughter? The last blood I assume of your husband.”

”No. She is still my daughter, and he is dead.” I answered, but my heart was screaming. Why?! Why him?

”Oh, Yu Lan. Why lie? Don't tell me you don't wish to slit her throat? When you saw her playing with Arkanos, the little dragon. Don't tell me you were not jealous? Her finding some happiness, and you stuck to forever live knowing it was her that killed him. Kill the man you loved. Sorry, the man you still love.”

Lowering my gaze at the steaming brew before me, I could feel Arsene's looming gaze filled with a bit of discontent, if not disapproval.

”You know Yu Lan, I have met a man, who for the life of him is dead inside no matter how he tries to hide it. He was a soul bender and found his Paramore till she was ripped away before his eyes. Do you know what he did?”